EnviroSci TQ C05§1 Energy Flow in Ecosystems

An organism that makes its own food is a...

• producer

• consumer

• food web

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

An organism that get its energy by eating other organisms is a...

• producer

• consumer

• food web

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The many feeding relationships possible in an ecosystem is shown by a...

• producer

• consumer

• food web

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The process of breaking down food to yield energy is...

• cellular respiration

• decomposer

• photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

A consumers that get its food by breaking down dead organisms is a...

• cellular respiration

• decomposer

• photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The process in which plants make sugar molecules from sunlight is known as...

• cellular respiration

• decomposer

• photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What term is used to describe a linear sequence in which energy is transferred from one organism to the next?

• food web

• food chain

• trophic level

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which organism is likely to be in the bottom trophic level in a food chain?

• leopard seal

• alga

• killer whale

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the ultimate source of energy for almost all organisms?

• producers

• consumers

• the sun

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What are organisms that eat both plants and animals called?

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores